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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05
BRIGHT BITS.

The livery horse is not as much of q charger
as the chap that runs the stable -YoHLers
Gazette
Il wonder which Mrs Simperton loves most;
her bull terrier or her baby"
How can you ask You know babies are not
fashionable. '-ToUn Topics.
A WESTERN POKER PLAYER who was caught
with couple of aces up his sleeve explained
that the mustard plaster on his back must have
drawn them there.-Net0 York Star.
YOUNG GIRL of st. Louis, Mo,
AS lovely and sweet as q no.,
Was mortified Seau
At not having beau,
That she strung herself up in bro.
Life.
A ROMANTIC YOUNG MAN Of this city who wrote
to his best girl among other things, that hers
was the brow where innocence reposes received
an answer that the compliment was a good one
but that it belonged to him, as surely his was
the brow where n-no-senSe repoSeS. Cleveland
Sun.
WIFE: g a. m.,)-It is very unkind of you,
John, to disturb me at this unseemly hour,
when you know that have been making calls
all day and must be tired
Husband: Gust inl-Well I've been making
calls all night an I'm Chic) tired too
Judge.
LITERARY LoDGER Ito new servant)-Oh, you
are the new servant; and what might your name
be?
Amer sir"
J.. Hannah or Anna?
Saint neither, sir; its Amer, with two
matches. Fun.
SMITH, who is afflicted with a sore throat, has
asked his friend Brown to examine it,
Brown (peering down Smiths throat)-On
which side is the Sore spot?
Smith Speaking with difficulty)-On the left
side
Brown-Coming up or going down?-7eras
Siftings
It's 800 in your pocket" whispered the
defendants lawyer to the juror, If you can
bring about a verdict of manslaughter in the
second degree" Such proved to be the ver-
dict. and the lawyer thanked the Juror warmly
as he paid him the money. Yes" said the
juror, it was tough work, but got there after
a while. All the rest went in for acquittal -
Omaha World.
RIVAL BELLIES: He Ito Miss Breezy, of Chicago
DO you know the WabasheS of Michigan ave.
nue., Miss Breezy?
Miss Bree1y-Very slightly
He-I have heard that Miss Wabash is a very
cultivated young lady.
Miss Breezy (superciliously)-I fancy that all
the culture Clara Wabash has could be put in a
small cart and easily backed down hill.-NetU
York SlCn.
SOME of Buffao's public school children
should have had a chapter in English as she is
taught" Among the questions in the last term
examination was this: ''What are the chief ad-
vantages of New York cityf' One answer was:
The Statue of Liberty and New York Bay
Another, The geological gardens and the ele-
waited railroads, and another, Jay Gould and
its amusementS." These are actual answers
taken at random from several hundreds of pa
pers These are not specimens of what the most
untutored minds in our public schools are cana
BILE of. Some of the answers to questions in
geography are so wide of the mark that a pre-
Adamite ought to have known better.-Bu6alo
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

New Workers are talking of erecting a
soldiers monument" TO cost 100000 1t
would be well for them to finish their pres
ent undertakings in the monument line be
fore engaging in another.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

The tenth annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Bar Association will be held at Saratoga
Springs ON Aug. l., IS and 49, Thomas J.
Senlmcs, of Louisiana, the President will
deliver the opening address. Among the
papers to Ire read will be one by Henry
jackson, Esq, of Atlanta, the subject being
Indemnity the Essence of Insurance; Evil
Consequences of Legislation Qualifying this
Principle"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05
SUMMER SILKS

will sell at 221Ec, CSC Doc, Sc, 40c, 45c.
and SOC. per yard. The above figures do not
represent much more than half the cost of these
goods
at Size. yard
p Pieces 1914 BLEACHED SHEETING at 25c.t
worth 30c. a yard.
100 Pieces STANDARD PRINTS at &c; re-
duced from &c. yard.
100 Pieces Linen Finish PRINTED MUSLIN at
DC; worth Sc yard.
100 Pieces CHECK NAINSOOK at &C.; reduced
from &C. a yard.
100 Pieces INDIA LINEN at SIC; reduced
from Zoe yard.
50 Pieces INDIA LINEN, 30 inches wide, at
10c.; worth 15c yard.
100 Dozen BLEACHED HUCk TOWELS, pure
Linen and u yards long. at zoe each.
800 Yards BLEACHED TABLE DAMASK at
81; reduced from 81 - a yard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

The national fish commission planted 95,-
42l 900 shad last season. What harvest of
bones will be gathered!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

II is said that when Roscoe Conkling goes
driving in Central Park, New York, he
carries his law reports and briefs with him,
gets into a shady corner, and reads. Like
many other Americans, he works while lie
rests.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

The New York Tribune insists that the
Southern press has been very much moved"
by the captured flags episode Yes, moved
to laughter at the ridiculous failure of the
Tribune and its allies to provoke the South
ern people into giving serious attention to a
matter about which they care but little.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

1t should aforementioned that Levi Bacon,
the late financial clerk of the Interior De-
partinent was not appointed by the present
administration. 1t should also be remom-
bered that the Republican organs are not
loud in their comments upon Bacon's
shortage" This is in keeping with the
policy of the organs, They always make
desperate attempts to conceal the misdeeds
Of Republican ofllce-holders.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

The New York Tribune says that Senator
George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts,, has a
great aversion TO being made the subject of
a newspaper interview. He says that what
ever public men wishes to say to the pub
lie should be put over his own signature.
Whenever a reporter attempts to make in
quiries of the Senator the replies are a long
series Of blanks. "A New York reporter in
troduced himself to the Senator recently for
the fifteenth time. "Have | met you be-
fore9i asked the latter. Certainly" re-
piled the reporter, II have met you great
many times" "Well, do not care to be
interviewed, and you must not quote
me-" said the Senator Just then Uriah
Painter, the old Washington correspondent
came up and began asking the Senator
questions about the interstate commerce
law and its operations in Massachusetts,.
Painters inquiries were for his own per
sonal benefit. The Senator. however, had
seen him in conversation few minutes be-
fore with the reporter, and conceived the
idea that Painter was engaged in some kind
of scheme to draw him into trap and
secure an expression of his opinion for
publication without his consent. It took
Painter fifteen minutes to remove this i'm
preston from the Senator's mind. There is
something wrong about the man who re-
fuses to talk with reporters.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

The statement is made that the number
of cases of infanticide in Boston is alarming.
The perpetrators should be ferreted out and
severely punished Infanticide is a crime
too heinous 10 be tolerated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

a correspondent sends the Louisville
Courier-Journdl this interesting bit of Cos
sip about BETTY and the baby: After
months of ill-health the handsome young
wife of Gen. BuclSner is rapidly regaining
strength. And the baby The young
Simon Bolivar is the finest specimen of n
Kentucky baby that could be shown. He is
l months old and weighs nearly thirty
pounds. His placidity of temper
and the cool way in which he
receives compliments and fattery
arc not excellcd by Mrs Cleveland
herself He receives homage as his due, and
if the baby is to be the new element in
politics, then Simon Bolivar the Second is
the worthy standard bearer His nurse
was asked if he was frightened by the
cheers which greeted him when she carried
him in the convention. The question was
received almost rs an mdignity, and she
answered proudly: NO, he liked it," No
doubt Gen. Buckncr reioiccs in the posses
sion of Betty and the baby" for their in
fluence is doing much to make him Cover
nor of Kentucky.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

At Louisville, the other day, COW walked
into the millinery store of Mrs. Josephine
Freentz, and four policeman had all they
could do in putting her out. She doubtless
followed the insticts of feminine nature and
went in to obtain points on the latest fash
Jo.,c
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

Americans in London say that Mr.. Blaine
is mystery. They claim that he spends his
time hobnobbing with the nobility, and that
he shows but little interest in people Of less
note, including his American fellow citizens.
There is no cause for wonder. Mr.. Blaine
did not 60 all the way ocrosS the Atlantic to
show interest in common people lie re-
serves that kind of thing for his political
stock in trade when he Is at home
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

The last volume of the United States CEN
sus reports for tho year 1850 was issued a
few days ago. 1t is now almost time for
the next census to be taken. Some plan
ought to be devised by which the reports
may be issued earlier Perhaps the employ
ment of larger force of compilers might
accomplish the object
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05

1t is not often that news comes from
the tomb, but here is q bit from Fremont,
O., the resting place Of the late Rutherford
B. Hayes: He has, it seems, just pur-
chased a team of coal-black horses. They are
described as "high-steppers. The price is
not made public, but it is understood that
they cost large sum. The interesting an
nouncement is also made that the defunct
statesman's chickens are doing exceedingly
we'll
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-05
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St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09

the prisoner and was naturally greatly
shocked.
Doty ignorant and entirely untutored,
not knowing so much as the alphabet, was as
stolid and immovable man as one would
see in days journey. He was tAe type of
aclass that has always been an enigma to
thinking people. He had accumulated
riches and yet possessed no other mental en-
dowment than the faculty for money getting
and the few and inconsiderable accessories
usually found along with it.
But could not but feel pity for the
wretched old man Che was quite seventy
years., when, as he passed near me, | saw
his utterly hopeless air.
proceeded to my office, but was shortly
followed by an officer who informed me
that Doty wished to see me-
had expected this, and though young,
ambitious and poor, recall yet the feeling
Of trepidation, amounting almost to regret
Sanguine, nervous, ardent, yet shrank from
the contemplation of such an awful respon-
sibility as that of having the care Of mans
life upon me. 1 had been at the bar for but
two or three years, and while l had met
fair degree of success, my cases had been
chiefly along the lines of civil and some
minor criminal business.
Going to the Jail, was admitted and was
soon alone with nv client
"Uncle Tom (for so he was called by the
people of his neighborhood), chow is this?'
I began in as cheerful voice as | could
command for really was far worse agi-
tated than the prisoner.
He looked up into my face with half
dazed, hopeless expression of countenance
and answered in that soft phrase which I
have heard hundred of times since
"Mr. Gully for SO my name ISL II am as
innocent as an unborn babel"
II hope sol" l said, fervently; to which
he responded by a look of something like
reproach that l should imply any possible
doubt; and, inexperienced as 1 was, this
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09

peared to be but slightly worn The cobbler
IN mending the boot had pegged thick,
round piece Of leather here, the imprint
whereof was perfect in every detail, even to
| the pegs. The heel on the inner edge had
| also been worn away and had been mended
| by triangular piece of heavy sole leather,
fastened with iron tacks or nails with heavy,
square heads, while row Of smaller tacks had
| been driven around the rest of the heel, and
| into the centre Of the heel one Of the large
| square-headed tacks had been driven: but,
as If afraid if sent home it would 90 through
! the heel and plague the Wearer, it had been
| left about the sixteenth of an inch above the
! surface
Fastening to a fallen poplar tree, Blake
procured some bark. He came back pant
ing with excitement. He was nsted for his
ingenuity, having been bred a carpenter and
JOINER. He proceeded with a patience quite
surprising to reproduce out of the bark the
sole and heel of the culprits left shoe. In
twenty minutes his work was so well done
that when he laid the wrought bark down
| and gently pressed it into the mold by plac-
ing his foot upon it, no one on it's removal
could have distinguished the two imprints,
The patch on the sole, the wooden pegs, the
triangular piece on the heel with the square
nails, the hob nail in the centre of the
heel, all were there
But there was one thought, at first vaguely
intruding itself upon my mind, now found
growing upon me, until at length could not
dismiss it; and yet, specifically considered,
it appeared illogical and most improbable.
:. H.. r
startled my companion by exclaiming in
voluntarily:
"Why, Blake this track was made by de-
signn'
YES" he said, after moments silence,
and with unusual solemnity for him. YES.
it was made by design-the design of an all
wise Providence-to save an innocent man
from prison, and possibly the halter"
This reception of my suggestion in no wise
shook my still growing conviction.
eff in pursuing this track we find other
imprnts of this same foot on other smooth
surfaces of mold like this, and you observe
that they are not numerous considering that
this is fallow land, what will you say then ?"
| went on. That Providence still cares for
His own. Comet he said rising and start
ing southwark along the trail of the culprit
And, sure enough, we had not proceeded
twenty PAGES when we came upon another
glass-like section of the upturned mold. and
To- squarely upon the smooth and shining
face lay the print of the same left foot, not
peg nor tack wanting, not an outline
blurred.
What say you now?' cried with an air
and feeling Of triumph. How do you &C
count for this tracks perfect and unbroken
outline?" | continued, for this track bore
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
A BITTER DELUSlON.
RIDER HAGGARD.

AS desolate bird that through darkness its
lost way is winging,
AS hand that is helplessly raised when
deaths sickle is swinging,
so is life! Aye, the life that lends passion
and breath to my singing.
As nightingaes song, that is full of sweet
ness unspoken,
AS spirit unbarring the gates of the skies
for a token,
so is love! Aye, the love that shall fall when
his pinion is broken.
AS the tramp of the legions when trumpets
their challenge are sending,
AS the shout Of the storm-god when light
nings the black sky are rending,
So is power Aye, the power that shall lie
in the dust at its ending.
So short is our life; yet with space tor all
things to forsake us,
A bitter delusion, dream from which
naught can awake US,
I'LL deaths logging footsteps at morn or at
eve shall o'ertake us.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
were already half way, and
the above was all ! knew as

to the purpose of our visit
What are you up to-" l said presently,
with some Impotence.
Tracks! plowed ground There's tracks ~
he calculated. And I said no more.
Fifty people had gathered about the scene
when we arrived. And this is what we dis
covered
Carr had been blowing in field of falow,
comprising twenty acres or more. In the
last furrow and about 100 yards back from
where the plow, with the dead body across it.
still stood, the deceased, as shown BY the
stamped and beaten ground, had stopped for
long time and talked with some one the
deceased standing between the pfbw-
handles, while the other person had
stood back some ten feet in the furrow,
Deceased had then started on, theaother
presumably following and still talking, until
suddenly and steathily he had, from be-
hind, struck his victim with sharp knife
just below and shaving off a part of the
fifth rib of the left side and severing the
heart completely. The victim had fallen
forward upon the frame of the pillow while
the horses, as shown by the blood, had gone
on some distance and until the pillow had
fallen over, when they had stopped. The
deceased was found some time in the night,
his failure to come home having led to a
search for him, but still remained
where found awaiting the coroner's in
quest, now in progress. The tramping
of hundred feet had rendered any salts
factory examination of tracks Immediately
about the scene impracticable; but, for
tunately the people who had gathered had
not sufficiently recovered from the first
effects OF the shock to prosecute their investi-
cation beyond very narrow limits.
Still governed by the impetuous move
ments of my ardent friend, l soon found
myself following, with him, a track. south
ward, across the plowed part of the field.
This track, when first seen, indicated
person travelling in an ordinary walk,
and there was, so far, nothing peculiarly
observable in the footprints They might
apparently, have been made by anv
one wearing a common coarse No.
boot or shoe. But some 200 wards awav
as l followed Blake, who was WALKING
rapidly, heard him exclaim: Look. Cullvi
For Gods sake, look!" / was looking bv
this time at the imprint of the track we were
pursuing, where the culprit had stepped
upon the surface, smooth as glass, of the up-
turned mold leaving as perfect an impress Of
the left foot as if it had been made in nuttv
prepared for the purpose. Every smallest
detail of the sole and heel of the boot Law
there. And what added to the interest and
importance oft was the fact that there were
marks to distinguish it from 10000 other
tracks! In short as Blake said: ''If every
man in the county were to make track with
his left foot in this field, there would be but
one like this and that one would be the track
of the left foot of Dave Cars murderer
The boot had been mended. The wearer
had worn off the sole exactly on the ball of
the foot, back Of the great toe, the size of a
silver dollar, while the sole elsewhere an
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09

unmlstakable evidence of not having borne
Inc 1ull weight of the culprit. This evident
TACT staggered Blake. He stood gazing at the
footprint, when suddenly his face lighted up
as ne exclaimed: See I" and he pointed 70
what proved to be the track of the same foot
just OFT the square of mold and near the
track OF the right foot though not so plainly
outlined as the right, as if the culprit had
stood with most of his weight on the right
for he had stopped.
Il have itn' cried Bike. 'He stoned
here and looked around at his victim y, And
on nearer and more critical inspection this,
from the skewed and wry shape of the track,
we found probable. If he did, as from sub
sequent experience in criminal practice, T
doubt not, turn to look at his victim, he
must have seen that which filled his soul
with unutterable terror For as he started
On his steps began to lengthen, and then, from
rapid, long strides, he had broken into
trot then into run. Now he had reached
decllvity, when he had made great bounds
like those of a stag-one leap measuring
no less than eighteen feet So great and i'm
petuous had been his speed that he had
dashed through an infirm old fence, as a
frightened horse might
Beyond this fence there was small stream,
running down from the great hills. which,
beginning here, rise one above another in
range after range, like incipient mountains
TOR forty miles southwark
Into this brook, at the time running the
c!,ulprlt had waded; and though we followed
it quite mile each way, one on either side
we were unable to find any signs of,
emergence. !
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
THE NAME OF WIFE,
ARTHUR NJ. EASTER.

Sweet wife, blessed word of fond content
The fairest gift kind Heaven has sent,
Or man can know on earth:
Dear wife, | love you even more
Than in those halcyon days of yore,
When love first had its birth.
"Wife," only wife could ever be
AS dear and precious unto me,
The same delight instill;
"Sweetheart' once held the fondest charm,
The mind to please the heart to warm,
But wife" is dearer still.
/ love you, wife, love your smile,
Sweet wife, so innocent of guile,
| love each word you speak.
| love the motion of your lips
/ love you to your finger tips,
Bright loving, wise and meek.
Your sympathy is true and sure,
For you all things | can endure,
And overcome all wrong;
Your gentle smile to light the way,
Your faith to encourage day by day,
Would make the weakest strong.
"My wife, love the lingering sound,
In it all tenderness is found,
Precious to me as life;
Dearer than Sweetheart" or than "friend'
All charms and virtues in it blend,
Sweet precious name Of "wife''
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09

look of his pleaded more potently and
I have seen the like of it often since, and
it always carries with it a certain weight
even despite ugly evidence.
But at this moment and before L could
enter upon particulars, heard the voice of a
prominent young merchant of the town-a
Mr.. Blake-calling to me with great vehe-
mence On going to the grated window
saw him standing without, hat in hand, and
his face flushed as if he had just run mile.
He was fairly painting with excitement.
Come out of there, Cullyp' he began.
'Come with me! Ask no questions it's a
matter Of life and death ~ And as he said
this gesticulating he started off around the
corner of the jail as if he expected me to
obey him. as a matter of course. And did,
On following him up | found him seated in
a buggy, to which he had hitched his two
superb horses-the feetest in the county.
Get in, quick! for Gods sake!" he Cried
as he made room for me.
| Without question Or demur I mounted to
| his side, and in moment we were flying
along the great road eastward.
My unquestioning behavior will be better
understood when | tell my reader that Blake
| was my most intimate associate and as
| brave, impetuous and generous a man as
ever stood friend to a brother. | remem-
bered, too, that | had often heard him speak
of the prisoner in the warmest terms-as his
friend and benefactor.
"Now, Blake, if you have not entirely lost
your Senses | began, II think you must
see that am entitled to an explanation of
this extraordinary conduct!'
YES, yes; certainly" he answered, con-
fusedly, and as if it had not before occurred
to him that l did not fully understand his
purpose.
''Why, you see," he went on, "I owe
everything have in the world to this old
man :"
What did he ever do for your" I ques-
toned, for knew Doty was regarded as hard
and grasping.
He loaned me So when wasn't worth
five hundred. 1t was war times and with it
l made my fortune,' Though not yet
thirty and starting with nothing, Blake was
easily worth two hundred thousand.)
what interest did you pay Uncle Tom p
| asked, knowing that Doty loved usury
and hoping to cool my friends
ardor
Ten per cent, but it was worth thou
sand! And he required no surety! If he
had, | couldn't have given it, and I'd be as
poor as church-mouse to-day" WAS his
answer, and he evinced more vehemence and
enthusiasm than ever
and he isn't guilty, ether!' he cried as
he bent forward and laid whip to his already
HN,1, H., T. -,
county. seat to the scene of the murder: we
St. Landry democrat., 1887-07-09
TO BE CONTINUED.
Well Turned.

The French actor R Ter, who died
quite recently. never los, IS presence of
the stage, the actor with whom he was to
have dialogue, instead of coming on the
stage from the right came from the left
Regnier had already said:
"Ah, Alphose, you come at last"
Without being in the least disconnected by
talking to man who came from behind
Regnier continued: II saw you coming in
the mirror"